Turning Uncertainty Into Opportunity: Modernizing Retail Finance to Navigate Inflation, Interest Rates and Currency Volatility
Retail finance leaders are grappling with volatile interest rates, persistent inflation, and a weakening dollar, which together strain cash flow and margin stability. To survive, finance teams must shift from reactive bookkeeping to proactive portfolio‑management tactics, using scenario modeling and real‑time liquidity visibility. Effective working‑capital optimization—through tighter receivables, payables, and inventory controls—has become a competitive differentiator. Kyrgyz’s platform advocates modernizing treasury processes to centralize forecasting, hedge currency risk, and turn financial operations into growth drivers.
Instant AI-Powered Resume Personalization with Haiku – Free Testers Wanted
My fellow job seekers, listen up! I've been quietly working on a killer app to make resume personalization as easy as possible. It's called Haiku. Upload your resume and search for jobs. The chrome extension follows you around as you...
Insty Connect Launches The New Insty Drum and Mini Drum Antennas, A Starlink Mini Compatible Mount, And A Hot-Standby Cellular...
Insty Connect has unveiled two new omnidirectional rooftop antennas—the high‑performance Drum and the compact Mini Drum—alongside a versatile X Mount that also fits a Starlink Mini. The company introduced a Hot‑Standby cellular plan that costs $10 per month plus $4...
AI‑Native Mindset: Redefine Teams, Growth, and Assumptions
The Mental Shift Required In An AI-Native World In my second piece in Forbes, I explore how founders should rethink what it would mean to start their companies from scratch in an AI-native world. AI isn’t just a product or tooling shift,...
Fear Grows That AI Is Permanently Eliminating Jobs
A growing chorus of workers, researchers, and public figures warn that artificial intelligence could permanently eliminate millions of jobs. MIT researchers estimate current AI systems can automate tasks performed by over 20 million American workers, roughly 12 % of the labor force,...
Judge Backs Illinois Law on Card Fees
A federal judge upheld Illinois' Interchange Fee Prohibition Act, which bans card‑swipe interchange fees on sales tax and gratuities, finding that the National Bank Act does not preempt the state law. The ruling, issued by Judge Virginia Kendall, also struck...
Space Force Is Moving to Acquire by Mission Area, Service Official Says
The U.S. Space Force announced a shift from program‑based buying to aligning acquisitions with specific mission areas, a change championed by Lt. Gen. David Miller Jr. at the Defense and Intelligence Space Conference. Miller warned that speed alone without clear...
AI NDA Reviews Threaten Traditional Billable Legal Work
My first rodeo with Claude Cowork Legal plugin. This is the /legal:triage-nda call that reviews NDAs against a set of criteria (you can specify your own criteria or go with Claude's market-standard defaults). This is a real review of an...
Seven Influential Women in Biotech in 2026
The article spotlights seven women reshaping biotech in 2026, from Shehnaaz Suliman’s $29 million‑funded mRNA program at ReCode to Julie Kim’s historic appointment as Takeda’s first female CEO. It details their strategic wins—such as Vertex’s CRISPR therapy approval under Reshma Kewalramani...
Ep 711: Coding with OpenAI’s New Codex App: How to Build a Simple App without Coding Experience
In this episode, Jordan Wilson walks listeners through OpenAI’s newly released Codex desktop app and the GPT‑5.3 Codex model, demonstrating how anyone can build a functional Mac app in minutes without any prior coding knowledge. He covers prompt‑engineering techniques, error...
Humanoid Robot Startup Apptronik Has Now Raised $935M at a $5B+ Valuation
Apptronik, a University of Texas spin‑out building humanoid robots, reopened its Series A to raise a total of $935 million, pushing its post‑money valuation to roughly $5.3 billion. The round added $520 million from existing backers Google, Mercedes‑Benz and B Capital, alongside new investors, and...
Complyance Raises $20M to Help Companies Manage Risk and Compliance
Complyance, a Boston‑based AI‑native governance, risk and compliance (GRC) platform, closed a $20 million Series A round led by GV. The solution embeds AI agents into existing tech stacks to automate continuous data‑compliance checks and third‑party risk assessments, cutting audit cycles from...
A Copyright Expert’s Big Idea: Force Google and Other AI Companies to Pay News Publishers
AI-powered Google search and chatbots are diverting 30‑40% of traffic from news sites. Copyright expert Paul Gerbino proposes a recurring‑fee model, forcing AI firms to pay publishers each time their content is used for training or retrieval. He urges collective...
Marketers Struggle to Predict AI’s Methods for B2B Purchase Choice
A new Norstat study of 175 UK decision‑makers shows AI tools now dominate the B2B buying journey, with 79% using AI daily or weekly and spending up to four hours each week on AI‑driven decisions. Buyers rely on AI summaries...
SaaS Must Evolve Into AI‑Powered Revenue Workflow Platforms
Is the SaaSpocalypse just a market correction or a crisis of defensibility? The pillars and moats we’ve leaned on for a decade are eroding in real-time: Systems of Action are no longer defensible. When anyone can use LLM + AI...
Latvian Deep Space Energy Raises €930K Pre-Seed to Develop Radioisotope Power for Moon and Satellites
Latvian deep‑tech startup Deep Space Energy has closed a €930 k pre‑seed round, led by Outlast Fund and supplemented by ESA, NATO DIANA and Latvian government grants. The capital will accelerate development of a radioisotope power generator that uses Americium‑241, delivering...
What Does Malaysia’s Complete Ban on E-Waste Imports Mean for Battery, Aluminium, Copper Recyclers?
Malaysia upgraded its e‑waste import prohibition from a conditional to an absolute ban, ending all shipments of end‑of‑life batteries and related waste. The move creates immediate supply uncertainty for battery recyclers that rely on imported black mass, likely driving up...
Superfan Guide: Lessons From KATSEYE, Olivia Dean & Leon Thomas
Grammy Best New Artist nominees KATSEYE, Olivia Dean and Leon Thomas are leveraging Spotify’s native tools to turn casual listeners into active superfans. KATSEYE used a Countdown Page and Clips to make its EP release an interactive event, while Dean...
US Marine Corps Advances Plans for Drone Wingman
The Marine Corps’ 2026 Aviation Plan places the MUX TACAIR drone wingman at the forefront of its combat aviation strategy, pairing low‑cost unmanned jets with the F‑35 Joint Strike Fighter. General Atomics’ YFQ‑42A has been selected as a candidate platform,...
EU Commission Breach – The Importance of Upholding Strong Device Management Infrastructure
Last week the European Commission disclosed a cyberattack that compromised its mobile device management (MDM) platform, exposing staff names and phone numbers. Security experts from Huntress, Keeper Security, and CyberSmart warned that MDM systems are now a primary attack vector,...
Stripe Valuation Nears $140B in Latest Tender Offer, Company Maintains Private Status
Stripe is arranging a secondary tender offer that could value the payments firm at about $140 billion, up from roughly $107 billion a year earlier. The company reiterated it has no immediate plans for an IPO, preferring private‑market liquidity for employees and...
What the Data Actually Says: Quantifying the Environmental and Operational Trade-Offs of Agricultural UAV Spraying
Recent field trials and simulations in India quantified the environmental and operational performance of agricultural UAV spraying. The studies showed UAVs achieve an order‑of‑magnitude reduction in water use and up to 30 % lower pesticide application when optimal ULV nozzles and...
Speaking Requires One Key Shift From Writing
Good writing is NOT good speaking. Let’s look at the differences. In this video, I read two passages about a fictional person discovering a valuable lesson about a “named concept” they’re teaching the audience. Notice that when something is meant...
Stop Heating Texas Like It’s 1985 (with Kurt Heim)
In this episode, Matt Boms and Kurt Heim discuss how Texas’s winter grid strain is driven largely by outdated electric resistance heating in homes and apartments. Heim explains that resistance heaters waste electricity, while modern heat pumps can deliver up...
TE Connectivity Snap-On Markers From AutomationDirect
AutomationDirect announced it now stocks TE Connectivity Snap‑on markers, a C‑profile wire labeling solution that can be applied to already‑terminated conductors. Each marker is pre‑printed with a single character and comes on an applicator that prevents over‑expansion. The tags fit wire...
‘Ethics Precedes Regulation’: Hugging Face’s Margaret Mitchell on Why Tech Needs AI Ethicists Now
At the AI Everything conference in Cairo, Hugging Face chief ethics scientist Margaret Mitchell warned that ethical frameworks must precede formal regulation as AI advances faster than lawmakers. She highlighted the role of AI ethicists in navigating human‑rights trade‑offs, championed...
Virtuix Expands Omni One VR Sales to Europe After IPO
Virtuix, the maker of full‑body VR treadmill systems, announced that its Omni One hardware will now be sold across Europe following its recent initial public offering. European customers in Germany, the United Kingdom, France and other EU nations can place...
Versioning and Testing Data Solutions: Applying CI and Unit Tests on Interview-Style Queries
The article walks through solving a Tesla interview question in Python, calculating each car maker’s net product launch change between 2019 and 2020 using pandas. It then refactors the script into a reusable function and adds a unit‑test suite to...
Building Inclusive AI for Healthcare: Lessons From Odin Vision
The blog highlights how Odin Vision is building inclusive AI for healthcare by prioritising co‑design, a gender‑balanced data science team, and continuous post‑market evaluation. It outlines the broader challenges of bias, transparency and regulation in medical AI, referencing the UK’s...
Business Professionals Need Data Analysis Skills, Not Analyst Titles
I teach professionals data analysis. Not to be Data Analysts. Why? Because most analyses are conducted by business professionals, not IT. And with Copilot in Excel, that's only going to increase, not decrease.
KBR Secures $103m USSF Analysis Task Orders Under HQ Contract
KBR has been awarded two firm‑fixed‑price task orders totaling $103 million under the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Decision Support for Headquarters Analysis contract. The three‑year effort, based in Chantilly, Virginia, will deliver data analysis, AI‑driven analytics, workforce design and interactive dashboards...
Pathward’s Anthony Sharett on Why Sponsor Banking’s Future Is About Evolution, Not Revolution
Sponsor banking, the bridge between fintechs and regulated banks, is under intense regulatory scrutiny but remains a vital conduit for expanding financial access. Anthony Sharett, President of Pathward, argues that the model’s future lies in gradual evolution rather than radical...
Nexi Introduces Single-Device Checkout System to Combine POS, Software and Payments
Nexi has unveiled SmartStation, a single‑device checkout solution that merges point‑of‑sale software, store‑management tools and payment acceptance into one Android‑based unit. The system features a 15.6‑inch merchant tablet, an 8‑inch customer display and a detachable payment terminal, supporting cards, NFC,...
5 XGBoost Hacks From a Kaggle Grandmaster
XGBoost Tips from 5x Kaggle Grandmaster Chris Deotte Top 5 ways to improve your ML models:
Collaboration Between Bioinformaticians and Wet Biologists Unlocks Science
🧵The most underrated superpower in science: Bioinformaticians and wet biologists working together. Here’s why it matters. https://t.co/YNDqsvyu6A
Dubai’s Woohoo Puts AI at the Center of the Restaurant Dining Experience
Dubai’s new Woohoo restaurant places an AI persona, Chef Aiman, at the heart of its dining experience, orchestrating lighting, large‑scale LED visuals and spatial audio. The venue uses Vivid Studio’s SP Grid platform as a low‑code control brain that links...
MRNA Companies Must Educate Public to Spark Outrage
I stand by this comment from last fall. Moderna and others need to take their messaging to the general public. There’s not going to much public outrage about yesterday’s flu news because there’s been no meaningful public education on mRNA...
Scaling Generative AI Requires Strategy, Governance, and Skills
Scaling generative AI requires more than technical ambition, because impact grows when strategy, data discipline, governance, and skills evolve together, allowing experimentation to mature into reliable systems that support durable business value. @Gartner_inc via @antgrasso https://t.co/Wq5F95ZYJs
UK Retailers Hit by Double Whammy of Brexit Frictions and US Tariffs
New ONS data shows that 32.7% of UK retailers report rising export costs since Brexit, while US tariff changes further strain margins. Export volumes fell for 40.6% of retailers in December, and paperwork burdens rose for over a quarter of...
Chatbots Automate UI, Not Experience; Orchestration Is Key
Chat agents automated the interface, not the experience. The hard part isn’t the conversation. It’s workflow orchestration. https://t.co/FfdWO6WYov
NBA's Influencer Strategy Hits Sweet Spot at All-Star
This is a super smart move by the NBA. But I'm watching snarky tweeters rip the move. Folks, it's 2026. Stigmatizing influencers, or thinking everything is influencer vs. journalist, is very silly. All-Star weekend is the exact right moment to try a...
The NEW Way to Start a Sales Discovery Call
The article introduces a fresh script for kicking off sales discovery calls, emphasizing that the opening line sets the tone for the entire sales process. It argues that failing to seize conversational control early leads to lost momentum and weaker...
Industrial and Medical AI Drive Real Profits, Not Hype
Flashy AI tools make headlines, but industrial or medical AI often generates the real profits. https://t.co/phSUIEUOy5
Long March 10A Completes Soft Landing and Max‑Q Abort
Wait for it! Long March 10A: Soft landing ✅ Mengzhou capsule Max-Q abort test ✅ https://t.co/An8AKMlYm2
Fort Benning Hosts Army Robotic Systems Tactics Course
The U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence launched the inaugural Robotic Autonomous Systems Leader Tactics Course (RASLT) at Fort Benning, a three‑week pilot aimed at integrating unmanned ground vehicles, small drones, and other autonomous platforms into maneuver operations. The program...
Automated Redaction Tool Speeds Client Image Sharing
Another useful Claude Code skill I built: /redact I take a screenshot (or multiple), Claude uses tesseract to find and hide terms and phrases from a list of categories. When in doubt, Claude will over-redact. Benefit: I can share social images...
UK to Regulate BNPL Platforms From 15 July
The UK Financial Conduct Authority will begin regulating buy‑now‑pay‑later (BNPL) providers from 15 July 2026 under a temporary permission regime (TPR). Firms active on 15 July 2025 must apply for TPR and confirm registration intent by early May, while those opting out must halt...
DARPA Launches CLARA High-Assurance AI Program
DARPA’s Defense Sciences Office has launched the CLARA (Compositional Learning‑And‑Reasoning for AI Complex Systems Engineering) program, seeking proposals to create high‑assurance AI that tightly integrates machine learning with automated reasoning. Awards can reach $2 million per project and cover a 24‑month...
Sweden’s IPercept Secures Large-Scale Gulf Rollout with Quant Gulf
Sweden‑based industrial AI firm IPercept has inked a partnership with Quant Gulf to roll out its CNC machine intelligence platform across the Gulf region. The deal, valued at up to €10 million, will see the patented diagnostics and universal data layer...